Posted on 12/18/2017 7:18:40 AM PST by Drew68
A far-right British activist who gained prominence after President Trump retweeted her anti-Muslim tweets in November had her Twitter account suspended on Monday as part of the social network’s effort to crack down on hate speech.
Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of far-right British group Britain First, saw her account suspended as part of a Twitter-wide crackdown on hate gorups.
In November, President Trump retweeted three videos from Fransen's account that purported to show Muslims committing acts of violence.
Fransen’s account, along with others connected to Britain First, now appear to be suspended.
Trump’s retweets prompted lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K. to speak out against Trump and Britain First, with several British lawmakers calling for his state visit to the country to be canceled. After the Dutch Embassy disputed the veracity of one of the videos Trump retweeted, the White House defended Trump's actions, saying that it "doesn't matter" if the videos are real or not because the "threat is real."
Twitter has faced scrutiny for providing “verified” status to those involved with alt-right and neo-Nazi groups, but said earlier this month that it would begin suspending accounts or taking away verification on Monday for accounts that ”promote violence against civilians."
Twitter’s new rules could result in a major purge of alt-right accounts
The new rules took effect today.
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I wonder how many left wing tweeters have been banned....
As far as I know, she us not alt-right or neo-Nazi and the media purposely conflates their group (or gorup) with Nazis.
FAR RIGHT!!! Why because they think Britain’s should be put first as well as their country, and yet we never see anything say far left.
LOL! That's funny right there!
They will not suspend muzzies who hate the USA.
So "Britain First" and "America First" is evil?
Only in the minds of sick leftwing communists....
I’d been reading her twitter lately, last time about Saturday or Friday, so this is interesting. You know, the other leader of “Britain First” was accused of so-called “sexual assault”. I have no idea if that was true either. The two had been hauled into jail last week (for incitement and that type of stuff) but at least, she was freed quickly. I didn’t really see anything objectionable on her twitter.
I would imagine she was banned not for anything she tweeted, but solely because Trump retweeted her as a feeble attempt to shame him and rally their troops. Fail.
Paul Golding is the other leader of Britain First, in case one wonders, one can look his name up. His twitter is prob. still up.
They can say the vilest things and even threaten murder and not be banned.
It’s like writing a letter to the editor. The paper doesn’t have to print it. Twitter is a private company. I assume they can decide what’s tweeted and what’s not.
Nope. Golding is suspended as well.
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